Nottingham police officer shot in foot as suspects flee city centre
Police recovered a firearm and appealed for witnesses following an early-morning incident on Angel Row.
A Nottinghamshire Police officer was shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre early on Sunday after approaching two people, the force said in an official statement. The officer was taken to hospital for treatment. A man and a woman fled the scene, and police said they were searching for both.
The shooting occurred on Angel Row. Officers recovered a firearm and established a large crime scene while investigators began examining what had happened. Police did not identify the suspects publicly, provide their ages or say whether either person was armed when the officer first approached.
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Rukas described the shooting as a serious incident and said the force was concentrating on finding those involved. She asked anyone with information to contact investigators and said seemingly small pieces of information could help the inquiry. The police statement did not report anyone else wounded.
According to the force's Sunday morning update, the officer was receiving hospital treatment for the foot injury. Authorities did not give a timetable for discharge or a complete medical prognosis. No formal charge or court hearing was announced in the statement.
The area around Angel Row was under a police cordon during the investigation. Reporting by the Guardian and other British outlets described officers gathering evidence in the city-centre location, which includes shops and nightlife venues. The sources did not establish when the restrictions would end.
Local officials expressed concern over the attack and support for the officer, the British press reported. Their statements were reactions to the police shooting, rather than additional evidence about the identity or motives of the two people who fled.
The shooting is separate from a previous Nottingham mass-casualty attack and an ongoing NHS medical-record access inquiry. Those unrelated incidents appeared in some aggregated news coverage but have no established connection to Sunday's police investigation.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · Belfast Telegraph, The Irish News Nottinghamshire Police confirmed an officer was shot in the foot on Angel Row.
- 1 outlet · Belfast Telegraph Two suspects, a man and a woman, fled the scene.
- 1 outlet · Belfast Telegraph Police recovered a firearm and established a large crime scene.
- 1 outlet · Belfast Telegraph The officer was being treated in hospital.
Not yet confirmed
- Unconfirmed The identities and whereabouts of the two suspects and the motive have not been established in the reports.
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Why it matters for Europe
The recovery of a firearm and the continued search for two suspects are the immediate public-safety developments. Nottinghamshire Police has confirmed the officer's injury and invited information from witnesses while the investigation proceeds.
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Questions and answers
- Where was the shooting?
- On Angel Row in central Nottingham.
- How was the officer injured?
- Nottinghamshire Police said the officer sustained a gunshot wound to the foot.
- Have the suspects been arrested?
- Police were searching for a man and a woman; no arrest was confirmed in the reports.
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